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I was deciding between a 987 and a 987S and test drove both of them. In the end I went with the old adage of "you'll never be disappointed by buying top of the line".
I'm a bit of a speed freak so for me the 987S was the right choice. The base model is nice, but the extra kick of the S is noticeable.
The Bose system is actually really underwhelming. I'm not impressed at all. The "subwoofer" is really crappy and doesn't really play anything in the "sub" range. It's just a big woofer with crappy placement and it tends to overwhelm you with its thumping and distorts things pretty awfully.
I haven't heard the non-Bose system though but for the money, there's better things you could buy.
I'm sending my car to Reus Systems next week--they'll be doing an upgrade to the stereo system that includes replacing the subwoofer with a real one. I'll let y'all know how it goes. It's not a cheap upgrade though and I'm not sure how much it would cost for those that don't already have a Bose system. Reus will be "enhancing" my stock system without replacing any of the speakers, so if you had the standard stereo instead, I'm not sure how much more work they'd need to do.
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